Backend Engineer (Nodejs)

Top 3 reasons to join us

• Fast-paced learning for motivated individuals
• A rapid-growing product impacting the health
• Open-minded workspace of a Silicon Valley startup

Job description

As a Backend Engineer at Everfit, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the infrastructure behind our AI-powered fitness coaching platform. Your contributions will directly support coaches and users around the world.

• Develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and help evolve our microservices architecture.
• Translate business and customer needs into reliable, high-performance applications.
• Collaborate closely with a small, agile team through scrum rituals, prototyping, and code reviews.
• Contribute to the overall architecture, scalability, and quality of our backend systems.

Your skills and experience

• 3+ years of professional experience working with Node.js (ES6).
• Intermediate English communication skills — you're willing to grow with us.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and backend architecture.
• Experienced with Express.js, MongoDB, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
• Familiar with unit testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha, and passionate about code quality.
• Able to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., S3, ECS, Lambda).
• Familiarity with message queues (e.g., Kafka, SQS).
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, ECS).
• Understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Familiar with authentication/authorization mechanisms (e.g., OAuth2, JWT).

Why you'll love working here

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive salary with 13th-month pay and performance bonus.
• Quarterly performance bonuses and year-end awards.
• Paid sick leave, maternity leave, and vacation days.

Work Environment:

• Agile-Scrum methodology with flexible work hours.
• Talented people from all over Vietnam and the world.
• International team for global career growth.
• State-of-the-art equipment provided.
• Beautiful working environment near Danang's city center (Dragon Bridge) and Hanoi office.

Health & Wellness:

• PVI health care program & annual health checks.
• Sports clubs (football, badminton, pickleball) & company retreats.
• Modern pantry for relaxation.

Professional Growth:

• Training, mentoring & e-learning opportunities.
• 1-2 performance reviews annually.
• Potential opportunities to join a fast-growing company.